Bicycle-handle and bell-ringer



(NO Model.)

H. U. PRINDLE & E. T. LAMPTON.

BICYCLE HANDLE AND BELL RINGER.

No. 571,394. Patented Nov. 17, 1896.

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UNITED STATES 4 PATENT EETCE.

HENRY URSON PRINDLE AND EUGENE THOMAS LAMPTON, OF lVOODLAND, CALIFORNIA.

BICYCLE-HANDLE AND BELL-RINGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 571,394, dated November 1'7, 1896.

A li tio filed March 10, 1896. Serial No. 582,621. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY URSON PRIN- DLE and EUGENE THOMAS LAMPTON, residing at Woodland, in the county of Yolo and State of California, have invented a new and Improved Bicycle-Handle and Bell-Ringer, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to certain improvements in the handle members of bicycles, and it primarily has for its object to provide a handhold which can be readily manipulated to ring the bell held on the handle-bar adjacent thereto in a quick and effective manner without necessitatin g the removal of the hand from such handhold.

Our invention also has for its object to provide an improved handhold for bicycles which can be readily attached to the handlebar of any ordinary bicycle and which will afford an easy means for ringing the bell.

lVith other minor objects in view, which will hereinafter be referred to, our invention consists in the peculiar construction and novel arrangement of a bicycle handhold combined with a bell adapted to be held on the handlebar, such as will be first described in detail, and then be specifically pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of a portion of a bicycle, showing our improvements as applied for actual use. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the preferred form of constructing the handhold and bell-ringing connections. Fig. 3 is a plan view thereof, partly in section. Fig. 4 is a cross-section taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section of the modified form of connecting the handhold to the bar. Fig. 6 is a cross-section thereof taken on the line 6 6 of Fig. 5. Figs. 7 and 8 are detail views illustrating further modifications.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in the preferred construction A indicates the tubular handle-bar, which in the practical construction at one end has the ordinary handhold member, while the other end is provided with our improved construction of handhold, which consists, when of the preferred form, of a core member 13, made of very light tubing of a diameter sufficient to admit of its turning freely 011 the handle-bar. The inner end of the core B is made preferably one-sixteenth of an inch heavier than the body portion for a distance of about three-eighths of an inch, as shown at O, which portion has an exterior thread 0 and a slot or recess 0, through which is adapted to pass a screwstud e, which passes through a threaded aperture in the handlebar, as most clearly shown in Fig. 2, such stud serving to limit the transverse or rotary motion of the core B, and also holding it from longitudinal movement on the handle-bar, as it forms a stop over which the cap member D fits and which is screwed upon the threaded end of the core, as shown. The outer end of the core B is also threaded to receive the cap D, of the ordinary construction, between which and the shouldered end 0 of the core is held the handhold portion F, which may be of cork or any other material.

The cap when fitted on the core is held to turn therewith, and in the structure shown in Figs. 1 and 2 it has an integral or fixed outwardly-projecting member D, which is adapted to engage with the thumb-piece of the ratchet or ringing lever G of the bell G, it normally being held in a close connection therewith, as most clearly shown in Fig. 4..

The cap member D has a slotway (Z, which, when turned in line with the stud 5, will ad- Init of thecore with the handle member being pulled off of the handle-bar in the manner clearly understood from the drawings.

It should be stated that while our bell-operating handle member is capable of use with any form of ratchet or other bell, yet we prefer to use it with a bell having a spring-actuated thumb-piece, as the spring of such bell will serve to return the handle member back to its normal position irrespective of any hand manipulation.

So far as described it will be readily lllDClGP stood that by providing a handhold capable of having a partial rotation upon the handlebar and forming it with a member adapted to have a positive engagement with the ringing-lever of the bell a slight rotation of tho handhold inward will cause the member D to engage the bell lever and impart a ringing acshown at and the cap' member D made to fit snugly on the end of the core and made fast thereto by the pin member d screwed through the cap D and into the end of the core, a small screw directly opposite the pin passing through the cap and into the core, as shown.

In Figs. 7 and 8 we have shown the core made of light tubing the same size its full length, with the slot 0 omitted. In this structure the cap D is made to fit snugly the end of the said core and has the ringingpin screwed through it and the core, which pin extends down through the core about onefourth of an inch. Then this form of handhold is used, the stop-pin e is omitted, and in lieu thereof a slot 6 is cut into the handlebar of the required size, extending one-fourth more or less of the diameter of the handlebar, as clearly shown in Fig. 8. In the struc-' ture shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, as also in the modified form indicated in Figs. 4 and 5, the locking device for holding the handhold consi-stsof the pin 6 and the slot in the core and the cap member D, fastened firmly in place to'prevent the handle sliding off,- but permit ting it moving around the handle-bar the length of the slot in the core. By making the slot just the size of the pin when the cap D is screwed or fastened firmly inplace the grip will be immovable.

To render the handhold-bar immovable in the structure shown in Figs. 6, 7, and 8, it is only necessary to make the slot in the handle bar the size of the ring-pin, which projects down into-it. In the structure shown in Figs. 1 to 5 the handheld can be made to turn completely around the handle-bar by extending the slot in the core member all the way around, thus enabling the bell to be rung by the continuous turning. of the handle.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it is thought the complete construction and advantages of our invention will be readily appreciated.

Having thus described our inventionpvhat we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the handle-bar and the bell held thereon having aprojecting ringlever, of a handhold h ving' a tubular socket portion fitted lengthwise on the handle-bar provided at its inner end with a detachable cap having a projecting member adapted to engage the ring-lever when the said core is v turned and means for locking the core member on the handle bar from longitudinal movement substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination with the handle-bar having a slotway extended transversely thereto, a handhold having a core member held to turn on the handle-bar and the ring member projected radially thereon, the inner end of the handhold having a shank portion fitted through the core member and extended into the slot of the handle-bar substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination with the handle-bar having a stud and the bell mounted thereon having a projecting ringing member, of a tubular core adapted to be fitted longitudinally on the end of the handle-bar and having a detachable cap member at its inner end provided with a projecting member adapted to engage the ring member of the bell, said corepiece having a transverse slot movable about the handle-stud, the sleeve having. a recess held normally out of alinement with the slot of the core-piece and adapted to be moved in alinement therewith whereby the said sleeve and core can be pulled out of a locked engagement with thestud substantially as shown and described.

4:. As an improvement in bell-ringing devices for bicycles, the combination with the handle-bar and the bell held thereon having aprojecting ringing member, spring-returned to its normal position, of a handhold held on the handle-bar to rotate thereon provided with a detachable cap member held to rotate with the handle-bar, said member having a projecting portion adapted to engage the ring member of the bell and move it in one direction against its spring-tension as the handholdis turned and adapted to be returned to its normal position by the tension of the said ringing member substantially as shown and for the purposes described.

HENRY ,URSON PRINDLE. EUGENE THOMAS LAMPTON.

lVitn'esses:

ARTHUR O. HUs'roN, GEORGE W. STARK. 

